January 18, 2004

A Noteworthy Event

I had an interesting experience today. We presented our ministry at Calvary Baptist Church in Preble, NY. In the evening we spoke in council time in their AWANA meeting. Just as I was getting ready to speak to the kids (from pre-school to 6th grade) I noticed the entire youth group filing into the back rows.

Now I had prepared for the kids, I was not prepared for the teens. These are two entirely different groups, which require radically varied communication methods. I tried my best to include things the teens would appreciate in my presentation, but admittedly a lot of what I said was geared to the younger kids.

The remarkable thing was that, in spite of this, I never felt like I lost the teens' attention. I was very impressed with the fact that they sat through our presentation, and never once exhibited the typical boredom symptoms I am used to seeing in such situations.

Like I said before, I was very impressed. Afterward, several teens came up and peppered us with substantive questions about Brazil and missions. This is always encouraging to us, because it makes us feel like our deputation ministry is having an impact.

Posted by Andrew on January 18, 2004 11:41 PM.